Opinion
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The legacy of IPA, founded by Nikhil Chakravartty, the doyen of journalism in India, to keep the flag of independent media flying high, is facing the threat of extinction due to the effect of the Covid pandemic. Only an emergency funding can avert such an eventuality. We appeal to all those who believe in the freedom of expression to contribute to this noble cause.Mamata”s Federal Front Move Makes Headway
By Rahil Nora Chopra Mamata Banerjee has become active with the Lok Sabha election coming closer. After meeting with Chief Minister of Telangana K Chandrasekhar Rao on the issue of third front she was in Delhi and held meetings with the opposition leaders to unite them against BJP. She...
Modi’s Integrated Education Scheme Offers Nothing New
By Gyan Pathak With the approaching general elections in 2019, the political establishment has become more vociferous in the hope of covering up their failures of performance. High sounding schemes are being launched to avert possible anti-incumbency by mesmerizing the people of India in their favour. The new...
Jai Ramji Ki To All In Cambridge Analytica’s India
By Sushil Kutty Cambridge Analytica whistle-blower Christopher Wylie, who carries a ‘lie’ in his surname for effect, says he’s been getting lots of requests from Indian journalists about Indian political parties’ links with the tainted company. Stating that SCL/CA had several projects in India and offices strewn across...
BJP Is Desperate To Foment Tensions In Bengal
By Arun Srivastava BJP president Amit Shah’s loyalty to his boss Narendra Modi is so passionate that for promoting his political interest he is not only determined to go against the ideological and political ethos of the Sangh and the BJP but he can resolutely contrive to obliterate...
Chouhan Takes An Ambitious Programme For Unorganised Labour
BY L S Herdenia BHOPAL: As the dates for the 2018 Vidhan Sabha elections are coming closer, BJP led Madhya Pradesh Government is promising heaven to the deprived sections of the society. Unorganised labourer is one such section. Chief Minister Shiv Raj Singh Chouhan has announced an...
Mp Gramoday Mela Showcases Folk Culture Of India
By Raju Kumar Temple of Goddess Wagheshwari Devi is situated in Dhamangaon village, which is about 20 kms from Burhanpur near the Maharashtra border. Traditionally, people have deep faith in this temple, so during Navrati festival, people from various adjacent villages come to this place for worshiping the...
Mamata Bending The Bow To Blunt BJP’s Arrow
By Aditya Aamir Whoever said Mamata Banerjee is a one-god person can eat their words with bhaat and fish curry. The ‘appeasement-Chief Minister’ of West Bengal and Trinamool Congress boss is no less a Ram-bhakt than a Babul Supriyo or a Dilip Ghosh. And in the true spirit...
GI Registry Needs To Be Broad-Based
By G. Srinivasan The Chennai-based Geographical Indications (GI) Registry’s order in mid-March to exclude Madhya Pradesh from the area officially declared for cultivation of the aromatic and widely consumed basmati rice, both by the domestic users as also the overseas aficionados, has predictably raised a lot of questions...
Trade War: More Rhetoric, Less On Impact
By Subrata Majumder Amidst the revision of Chinese Constitution, which will permit Xi Jinping to be the perpetual head of Communist Party after the expiry of his second term, Trump’s escalation of tariff on steel and aluminum imports and asserting further tariff rampage on Chinese exports worth of...
Zuckerberg’s Loss Of Face Is Politician’s Gain
By Sushil Kutty If you notice the cows have all been put to pasture, sort of. No more cow vigilante justice and beef in fridge. Instead, there is data leak and the cool stuff that can be done with smartphones: move data of the cattle-class into the folders...
Solar Electric Vehicles May Soon Be A Reality
By K R Sudhaman As global solar power generation touched 100 GW, of which nearly half is in China and an additional 20 GW in India, very soon a new application – solar powered electric vehicles will become a reality providing clean and green transportation particularly in...
Has secularism become a dead letter in India?
By Amulya Ganguli The Karnataka government’s decision to grant minority status to the Lingayat community is clearly intended to boost its prospects in the forthcoming Assembly elections. However, the assertion that the Lingayats constitute a religious community separate from the Hindus is yet another instance of how religion...
SP-BSP Alliance Unnerves BJP Leadership
By Pradeep Kapoor LUCKNOW: After the success in Gorakhpur and Phulpur Lok Sabha by-elections, the SP-BSP alliance seems to be all set to become a game changer in 2019 polls. Much significance is being attached to the announcement made by BSP national president Mayawati after the Rajya...
Supreme Court Dilutes Scheduled Castes & Tribes Act Drastically
By Amritananda Chakravorty In a shocking judgment, the Supreme Court, in a two judge bench of Justice Adarsh Goel and Justice U.U. Lalit, has completely overtuned the Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989 (‘POA’), by diluting its provisions. Dealing with a case...
CPI(M) Once Again Betrays Its Anti-Agitation Mindset
By P. Sreekumaran THIRUVANANTHAPURAM: The Pinarayi Vijayan-led Left Democratic Front (LDF) Government has again proved its inability to ensure smooth and mature handling of a peaceful protest. At the receiving end of the wrath of the Chief Minister and the CPI(M) were ‘Vayalkkilikal’, a collective of residents...
Ever Changing Political Psyche Puts Parties On Tenterhooks
By Gyan Pathak No one seems to have a clue to the psyche of Indian voters, which has seen perceptible changes in the last four decades. The period of this transition has put political parties and their leaders on tenterhooks. Socio-political trends in the country are too diverse...
Global arms producers are not interested to ‘Make in India’
By Nantoo Banerjee There is nothing to be surprised if India has attracted a tiny Rs.1.17 crore ($180,000) as foreign direct investment (FDI) in defence production under the “Make in India” framework in the last four years. The reason is simple. India is the world’s largest arms importer....
Cambridge Analytica-Facebook scandal effect Here’s why India needs its privacy policy at the earliest
The Financial Express While the Aadhaar Act already deals with information leaks, a tough privacy law will make the information a lot more secure. (Cambridge Analytica) While law minister Ravi Shankar Prasad has warned Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg that he will not hesitate to summon him to India in...
